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La Clef du Temps Limited Edition Watch from Confrerie Horlogere

TheFuture — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:59:32 +0000

The La Clef du Temps watch actually allows the user to control the pace of time by modulating the speed of every passing hour through the crown at 9 o’clock. Aside from featuring technical triumph, it returns luxury timekeeping more importantly to all range of users. These 24 watches of different time zones of the world surely stand a chance to be a great collector’s choice. The weird symbols of the watches can be revealed by close examination and no matter how long you misrepresent time on your watch, you can return to the standard time anytime by simply moving the crown at 9 o’clock. These watches would be quite expensive, only a prototype of such a watch fetched the 2nd highest price in a recent watch auction at $410,000.

From the website:
LIMITED EDITION OF 24 PIECES
An exceptional mechanism created by Mathias Buttet – founder of Confrérie Horlogère – for the Only Watch 09 auction: an event that takes place every two years and is aimed at raising funds to help children affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Touched by the devastating effects of this disease, Mathias Buttet has developed a Vertical tourbillon watch which features a hand-wound mechanical movement able to make the time last longer for those who don’t have much of it. Moreover, the prototype developed has been enriched with a further function allowing users to shorten the time if they so wish.

Designer : Confrerie Horlogere

DZ9044 Faceless Wristwatch from Diesel

TheFuture — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:30:32 +0000

Diesel DZ9044 is a seemingly faceless concept wristwatch that can confuse the innocent bystanders with its extraordinary appearance. But this useful gadget is able to provide time for 4 different time zones at a time with the duel dials both side. This stainless steel wristwatch is a futuristic apparatus that will let the users to keep track of their activities in 4 different places with different time zone. This timepiece would especially handy when the users want to secretly have a glance on it without letting others know your impatience. The watch will be available in two different colors, black and silver, and the price has been set $365 each.

Designer : Diesel via [Dvice and Watchismo]

Classy Black Tima Watch Design Concept

TheFuture — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:05:43 +0000

The new watch design by French designer Julien Bergignant is a nice concept which sure is second name of convenience. The watch made from electronic paper, is called Tima watch and can simultaneously display both digital as well as analog time. The good part is that the watch can show two different time zones together though the display is simultaneous. Looks wise too, the watch comes quite chic as the color chosen being black which of course by all means has a very rich and classy look. Thus, one can say that the designer has hit the right chord by creating this design.

Designer : Julien Bergignat

TicketTime : Futuristic Ticketing System

TheFuture — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:07:37 +0000

Composed of electronic paper, tickettime concept features boarding card and a wristwatch which can be torn off and worn as a wristwatch during your travel. Before you depart for your journey, the airline company presets the watch to the time zone of your destination. You are no longer required to reset your watch to suit different time zones each time you fly. The watch is returned to the airline counter during your check-in upon your return flight, whilst still serving the purpose of a flight ticket.

Designer : Chen Wei-Ping, Liu Yao Sheng, Wu Tung Chih